EXAMINE THIS REPORT ON ISLAY-GAELIC.NET

A cottage on Islay from Thomas Pennant's A Tour in Scotland and Voyage for the Hebrides, printed in 1774. At the start in the 18th century Substantially on the population of Argyll was to become found dispersed in compact clachans of farming family members[108] and only two villages of any dimension, Killarow around Bridgend and Lagavulin, existed